Photographing the Milky Way galactic core since March 8, 2016, giving me just over a decade now of nights spent planning, scouting, shooting, and teaching Milky Way Photography under the dark skies.
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Meet the Photographer
Meet Aaron King
I started Photog Adventures to cheerlead everyday photographers to get out & have an adventure of their own. It became my slogan. Quickly my focus grew into teaching Milky Way Photography full-time & helping others safely get out under dark skies & come home with images they are proud of. The workshops, podcast, YouTube channel, online courses, Guild and now the Milky Way Field Guide all grew from the same idea: make night-sky photography feel possible, practical, and worth the time chasing.
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MILKY WAY NERD
Aaron's favorite images of all-time were not hard to take. 90% of them are very simple single image Milky Way that is easy to learn how to do, but they weren't awesome just thanks to one lucky night. It has been years of getting out there consistently and turning the execution process into second nature.
Known for practical Milky Way planning, dark-sky locations, panoramic nights, and helping photographers get their first real Milky Way shot.
A conservative count from 10 years of going out on my own and out on adventures with my workshops. I had already gone to over 100 locations for Milky Way after 2018 and the number of nights I have been out under the Milky Way was well over 200+ with entire 1-week long adventures and entire months like my 23-straight Milky Way nights in June of 2018 adding up quickly. 400-475+ is a pretty fair stat I would say. But I really should do the full math someday!
Total workshops so far running through June 2026. As I write this, I am heading back out to the Faroe Islands on Friday. The rest of this year I will be out with other Milky Way nerds under the skies of the Oregon Coast and Southern Utah.
Audience receipts
YouTube and podcast
The teaching archive spans tutorials, adventure stories, podcasts, and years of Milky Way problem solving.
Apr 25, 2016Joined YouTube
18.8KYouTube subscribers
255YouTube videos
1,596,395YouTube views
561,215Podcast listens
Global audience
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Why I still teach this
That first Milky Way frame still matters.
I love the moment when someone sees the Milky Way on the back of their camera and realizes they actually did it. That is the point of all of this.
— Aaron King
LIVES LIKE A NERD TOO
He lives the workflow he teaches.
The point is not just finding a dark place and hoping for the best. Aaron's process connects planning, composition, weather, moon phase, camera settings, and the human part of staying patient when the night gets weird.
That is why the Photog Adventures ecosystem keeps circling back to the same promise: learn at home, perfect your execution in the field and share your work with photographers who care.
Start where you are
Learn the Milky Way with Aaron.
Learn at home. Perfect execution in the field. Share your work.